More people are out of work in Pipe Creek Township (5.6%) than in 69% of U.S. towns
Pipe Creek Township grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in five work in Pipe Creek Township itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (17%, 37 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pipe Creek Township in brief
Pipe Creek Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pipe Creek Township is Indianapolis, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (865) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pipe Creek Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Pipe Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pipe Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Pipe Creek Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pipe Creek Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #475 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Pipe Creek Township’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pipe Creek Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Pipe Creek Township’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A place that makes things: 39% of Pipe Creek Township’s jobs are in goods
3,193 jobs are based in Pipe Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pipe Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,519 → 3,193. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pipe Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pipe Creek Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,995 residents head out to work, 1,000 work right here, and 2,193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Pipe Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Pipe Creek Township goes to work
Where Pipe Creek Township clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Pipe Creek Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pipe Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,408 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Pipe Creek Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pipe Creek Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #363 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,764 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Pipe Creek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pipe Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pipe Creek Township next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000: 1,870th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 60 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,868 | Lapeer MI | 9,201 | $53K | 24.5% | 3.6% | 18% | C |
| 1,869 | Berea KY | 16,662 | $59K | 17.9% | 4.2% | 24% | C |
| 1,870 | Pipe Creek Township IN | 12,354 | $63K | 14.9% | 5.6% | 20% | C |
| 1,871 | Fair Oaks GA | 9,014 | $63K | 23.6% | 8.4% | 2% | C |
| 1,872 | Parsons KS | 9,315 | $52K | 20.9% | 2.2% | 54% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pipe Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Pipe Creek Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pipe Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe Creek Township | – | C | C+ | 28 min | $62,835 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C | D− | 36 min | $85,329 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 30 min | $67,409 |
| Duck Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A | D | 33 min | $101,908 |
| Boone Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Duck Creek Township and Boone Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pipe Creek Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pipe Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pipe Creek Township?
$62,835 (±$7,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pipe Creek Township?
14.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pipe Creek Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pipe Creek Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (17%, 37 mi), Elwood (15%, 3 mi), Anderson (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pipe Creek Township walkable?
Pipe Creek Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pipe Creek Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pipe Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pipe Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.